Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, yes - PopPhoto never, never says anything directly negative about anything. Anything. But some things reap more praise than others so you can read between the lines and make your conclusions - and the charts seem to be right. And IMHO in recent years Leica has had quite good reviews despite relative lack of advertising - and even in the olden times when they had to invent excuses why Leica did not always do very well in the tests. But the English Practical Photography is more straightforward - I even remember a phrase that was something like "Nikon in name but not Nikon quality" - about some consumer grade Nikon zoom. Cynical - me, too. All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - -----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: Nathan Wajsman <wajsman@webshuttle.ch> Vastaanottaja: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Päivä: 21. elokuuta 2000 22:05 Aihe: Re: Vs: R lens tests (was: Re: [Leica] Re: Why M is so popular?) >Hi Raimo, > >I am a deeply cynical person when it comes to business. After several years of reading magazines like Popular Photography and before that Modern Photography, I am fully convinced that the editorial policies of these magazines >are driven by the advertising. This suspicion is strengthened by the fact that the subscription is dirt cheap (I used to pay $9.95 a year for Pop Photo in the early 90s). Clearly, subscriptions do not pay the freight there, >ads do. I do not recall ever reading a review of any major brand which was negative. Now, it could be that everything produced by Nikon, Pentax, Minolta and Canon is just wonderful, but I tend to believe that the magazines >know which side of the bread is buttered...Incidentally, this phenomenon is not unique to photo mags. I felt the same way when I was subscribing to motorcycling magazines like Bike or Ride. > >In contrast to that, magazines that I trust, like Photo Technique or Motorcycle Consumer News, derive most of their revenue from subscriptions and are thus less dependent and hence less influenced by advertising. The most >credible ones, such as Motorcycle Consumer News or Consumer Reports, carry no ads at all. > >In my view, the maxim to "just follow the money" hold very true in this case. > >Nathan > >Raimo Korhonen wrote: > >> Hi Nathan! >> Don´t make too hasty conclusions - or do you really think Leica tests the best because they advertise much? (and PopPhoto has first class equipment) As for Arthur´s reading abilities - well, let´s see him quote some tests. >> All the best! >> Raimo > >-- >Nathan Wajsman >Herrliberg (ZH), Switzerland > >e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch > >General photo site: http://belgiangator.tripod.com/ >Belgium photo site: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman/ >Motorcycle site: http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/1704/ > > >